Hog-door and gate.



I P. C.JAMES.

HOG DOOR AND GATE 7 APPLICATION FILED APR-2'2, 1916.

1,217,770; Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

srrns PERRY 0; JAMES, OF SOIOTA, ILLINOIS, essmnon 'ro ononen o. BAYNE, 0F BUSHNELL,

. ILLINOIS.

Hoe-noon AND GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY C. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sciota, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and iilseful Hog-Door and Gate, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My present invention relates to a swinging-door in which is slidably mounted a gateespecially purposed and adapted for use in hog-houses but which, it will be evident, as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed, will be equally as efiicient when used in other capacities.

The principal object of the invention is to provide certain improvements in the device disclosed'in myv copending applica tion, Serial No. 84,19a, filed March 14,1916, these improvements being directed more particularly toward the rack, the latch for en a in it and the latch-o eratin means.

b b b 7 b In this connection it is an object to simplify the device by omitting some of the elements of the former one and by utilizing some of the parts of said former one to act in dual capacities. I

Concisely stated, the general object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction and increase the capacity, utility and efiiciency of gate-doors of this nature.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a perspective of a door and gate embodying my improvements, shown as in operative position;

Fig. 2, an edge detail, presently more fully described;

Fig. 8, a vertical sectional detail, taken in the plane of the line 3-3 in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4, a horizontal sectional detail, taken in the plane of the line 4.4 in Fig. 1.

Coming now to a detailed description of the drawings, 2, 2 indicate door-frame posts, and 3, 3 designate partitions, fence portions, or the like.

4 designates a door-frame preferably formed of a single piece of angle-iron, the union of the ends beingeffected preferably by acetylene-torch welding. 5, 5 designate corner braces. 6, 6 indicate brackets having ears in the corresponding openings in which is journaled a pulley 7 traversed by a cord 8. As far as described these parts are disclosed in my said prior application. However, in the present construction I have cord 8.

provided one side of the door-frame 4 with rack-teeth 4 and resultant notches 1''.

9 indicates the gate, the vertical edges of which slide between the side pieces of the frame l. It is restrained from forward movement by the branches 4 and from rearward displacement by guide clips 10, the inner end of each of which is secured to the gate and the outer end of which bent to overlie the adjacent branch 4. The gate shown consists of horizontally arranged boards 11 and vertically arranged boards 12, united by nails 13.

14 designates a handle fixed to the gate 9 and having anaperture 15 for the passage of a chain 16 one end of which engages the in position by a truss-likekeeper 21 fixed on the gate 9. 22 designates a guide-bracket on which the latch slides, and 23 indicates a roller rotatable on a'pin 24: intermediate the gate 9 and keeper 21. Riveted to an angularly arranged projection from the keeper is a flat latch-return spring 25 the free end ofwhich rests in a notch 26 in the latch 20. a

27, 27 designate hinges, and 28, 29, respectively a hook and latch. The character and placement of these are optional. The manner of swinging and securing the door will be evident.

To operate the gate, which is shown by full lines in Fig. 1 in its lowermost and secured position, the lever 17 is to be rocked to the dotted line position shown in same figure, (and this may be done either by drawing on the free end of the cord8o'r by employing the fingers to raise the latch-end 4) thereby drawing the latch 20 free from the notches in which it rested. By continuing to draw on the cord, or by means of the handle 1 1 the gate may be raised to any desired position-the latch during this movement being held back. lVhen the gate has .17 indicates an elbow lever ful-- been raised to the desired height the operator merely releases his hold, whereupon the spring 25 (in which energy was stored by bending it to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1,) will expand and throw the latch point into an adjacent notch 4-, the movement of the latch drawing the lever 17 back to normal position. The manner of lowering. the gate will be evident.

A portion of the weight of the gate is borne by the latch, and as the latter is moved in either direction it will move in contact with the roller 23 whereby to partly elimihate the friction.

It will be seen that the door may be swung open to permit a person to pass through the way which it closes, and that the gate may be raised to selectively allow small, medium or large pigs, and when necessary, full grown hogs to pass; in other words, it may be adjusted to permit the passage of animals grading up to a certain size, and to shutofi or confine larger ones. 7

I fully realize that considerable variation 1 in the construction and organization of the elements entering into my improvement is possible, without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I as fully realize that it is utterly impossible to herein illustrate all such; therefore I do not intend to limit myself to the specific constructions shown and described except as pointed out in the accompanying claims, wherein it is my pur pose to claim as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art all of the novelty inherent in the invention. I

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention I claim as new the following, towit:

1. In a device of the nature described, a door-frame, a gate slidable therein, a latch carried by the gate and adapted to sustain it in selective positions, a roller carried by the gate and bearing on the latch, and means for operating the latch.

2. In a device of the nature described, a door-frame having notches, a gate slidable in the frame, a latch carried by the gate and adapted to selectively engage said notches,

a lever for operating the latch, a pulley, and a cord traversing. the pulley, said lever adapted to be operated either by said cord or by the fingers of the operator.

3. In a device of the nature described, a swinging door-frame having notches, a gate slidable in the frame, a latch carried by the gate and adapted to selectively engage said notches, means for operating the latch, a pulley, and a cord traversing it, said operating means adapted to be operated either by said cord or by the fingers of the operator.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of April, 1916.

PERRY C. JAMES).

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